Shloka 90
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
विप्रदेवेन्द्रतां चापि कदाचिदवरोहणीम् ।
एवन्तु पापकर्माणे नरकेषु पतन्त्यधः ॥
vipradevendratāṃ cāpi kadācid avarohiṇīm | evantu pāpakarmāṇe narakeṣu patanty adhaḥ ||
ពេលខ្លះគាត់អាច (ឡើង) ដល់ភាពជាព្រាហ្មណ៍ ឬដល់ស្ថានភាពជាព្រះឥន្ទ្រ ក្នុងចំណោមទេវតា ហើយពេលខ្លះ (ធ្លាក់) ទៅកំណើតចុះទាប។ ដូច្នេះហើយ អ្នកដែលប្រព្រឹត្តអំពើបាប តែងធ្លាក់ចុះទៅក្នុងនរក។
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FAQs
High status—human or divine—is unstable when not grounded in dharma. The verse closes by reasserting that persistent pāpa leads to downfall, regardless of intermittent elevation.
General dharma/karmaphala summary statement; tangentially connected to manvantara insofar as ‘Indra’ is an office recurring across cosmic ages, but here used mainly as a karmic benchmark.
‘Indrahood’ symbolizes temporary mastery of the senses (indriyas) and powers; ‘falling to hell’ symbolizes collapse into compulsions when ethical vigilance is lost.